Banka is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Amarpur, Katoria, Belhar and Dhoraiya. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Banka was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.

Overview

Banka comprises CD Blocks Barahat & Banka.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1952Raghavendra Narain SinghIndian National Congress
1957Bindhyabasini Devi
1962Braj Mohan SinghSwatantra Party
1963^Bindhyabasini DeviIndian National Congress
1967Babulal MandalJana Sangh
1969Kamakhya Prasad SinghIndian National Congress
1972
1977Sindheshwar Prasad SinghJanata Party
1980Kamakhya Prasad SinghIndian National Congress
1985Chandrashekhar Singh
1986^Janardan YadavBharatiya Janata Party
1990Ramnarayan Mandal
1995Javed Iqbal AnsariJanata Dal
2000Ramnarayan MandalBharatiya Janata Party
2005Javed Iqbal AnsariRashtriya Janata Dal
2005Ramnarayan MandalBharatiya Janata Party
2010Javed Iqbal AnsariRashtriya Janata Dal
2014^Ramnarayan MandalBharatiya Janata Party
2015
2020
2025

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Banka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRamnarayan Mandal95,58849.58+5.78
CPISanjay Kumar71,82437.25
JSPKaushal Kumar Singh6,6493.45
IndependentJawahar Kumar Jha4,1452.15
IndependentVikram Anand2,2411.16
BSPVinod Pandit1,7840.93
NOTANone of the above1,5520.8+0.12
Majority23,76412.33+1.77
Turnout192,81174.07+11.48
BJP holdSwingNDA

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Banka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRamnarayan Mandal69,76243.8+5.44
RJDJaved Iqbal Ansari52,93433.24−2.39
RLSPKaushal Kishore Singh10,9966.9
IndependentShridhar Mandal5,1073.21
IndependentNaresh Kumar Priyadarshi2,7481.73
IndependentPramod Singh Weldone2,1551.35
IndependentPawan Kumar Thakur2,0721.3
IndependentPatric Murmu2,0421.28
IndependentManoj Singh, S/0-Janardan Singh2,0401.28
IndependentChandra Prakash1,7921.13
Rashtriya Manav Sewa PartyRahul Roushan1,5790.99
NOTANone of the above1,0840.68−1.52
Majority16,82810.56+7.83
Turnout159,27162.59+4.66
BJP holdSwing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Banka
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPRamnarayan Mandal52,37938.36
RJDZafrul Hoda48,64935.63
BSPAjit Kumar Singh16,54812.12
IndependentManoj Singh5,1913.8
IndependentDigambar Mandal4,0712.98
IndependentMakhan Yadav2,0181.48
IndependentRajendra Ray1,5791.16
Bhartiya Dalit PartyUmakant Yadav1,2400.91
NOTANone of the above3,0042.2
Majority3,7302.73
Turnout136,52957.93

External links

  • . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.

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